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Ichthyological terms, not general ones.

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  • speciation

    Evolutionary formation of new biological species.

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  • allopatric speciation

    Speciation event driven by some form of physical separation, e.g., the formation of new mountain ranges, followed by development of new genotypes and/or phenotypes.

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  • adaptive radiation

    Speciation of a taxonomic group into several forms, each specialised to fill a previously vacant ecological niche, as exemplified by Rift Lake cichlids, for example.

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